Daylight Savings Time

President Woodrow Wilson was an academic, with a science advisor named Robert A. Millikan. One night at a Washington DC party, Millikan was bragging about how much sway he held over the presidency, in that he could suggest the most preposterous idea and Wilson would run with it. His fellow elite, as a gentlemen's bet, decided he should suggest daylight savings time, which he successfully did, and we have been stuck with it ever since.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

"AI Overview
Approximately 70 countries currently use Daylight Saving Time (DST), though this number can fluctuate as countries change their policies. Most of these countries are in Europe and North America, with a few exceptions like Egypt in Africa and some countries in South America and Oceania."

IronHamster · 56-60, M

@Diotrephes When I lived in Indiana, the state was so forward thinking that they didn't follow the daylight savings plan. Half the year on east coast time and half the year on central time.

RogueLodyte · M

“Leave it to a white man to cut a foot off the end of a blanket, sew it back on the top, and think it makes the blanket longer.”
~Unidentified Native American~

FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

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swirlie · 31-35

@IronHamster
Yes, straight.. as in the Strait of Hamster, the Strait of Hormuz, The Bering Strait.

FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

@swirlie Straiit as in straight razor.

swirlie · 31-35

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays
..or streight as in streight ruler.

Reason10 · 70-79, M

I could live without it. Taking a high school sub shift means showing up at the school in the dark, during daylight savings time. Just keep it the way it is now.

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IronHamster · 56-60, M

@swirlie Why is that?

FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

@IronHamster Maybe Democrats don't like politicians with towels wrapped around their heads. Who knows?

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